Sports

Liberty boys tennis finishes season with 1st state trophy in program history
Liberty boys tennis achieved a first for the program after competing in the Class 3 Team State Championships Thursday, May 22.
- Liberty boys tennis finishes season with 1st state trophy in program history
- Gallery | District Highway 92 showdown
- Smithville baseball finishes season in district semifinals with loss to Kearney
- Gallery | Girls soccer district semifinals
- Boys golf teams finish seasons in state championships
Education

Liberty High School FRESH Club among 6 schools with most safe driving pledges
- Liberty High School FRESH Club among 6 schools with most safe driving pledges
- Retirement open house May 20 for Liberty superintendent
- Smithville families can sign up for Feed Northland Kids food kits for summer
- Missouri students could be honored for community service
- Area schools potentially affected by Canvas cybersecurity attack
Outdoors

New MU Extension toolkit helps neighborhoods turn shared land into lasting community spaces
Community gardens are thriving across Missouri by pairing shared land with shared purpose, but long-term success requires more than good intentions.
- New MU Extension toolkit helps neighborhoods turn shared land into lasting community spaces
- MU Extension recommends treating clothing to repel ticks
- Join MDC May 16 for a virtual program on invasive plants
- Martha Lafite Thompson Nature Sanctuary celebrates 50th anniversary with story walk
- Virtual programs available in early May
Sports

Liberty boys tennis finishes season with 1st state trophy in program history
Liberty boys tennis achieved a first for the program after competing in the Class 3 Team State Championships Thursday, May 22.
- Liberty boys tennis finishes season with 1st state trophy in program history
- Gallery | District Highway 92 showdown
- Smithville baseball finishes season in district semifinals with loss to Kearney
- Gallery | Girls soccer district semifinals
- Boys golf teams finish seasons in state championships
Education

Liberty High School FRESH Club among 6 schools with most safe driving pledges
- Liberty High School FRESH Club among 6 schools with most safe driving pledges
- Retirement open house May 20 for Liberty superintendent
- Smithville families can sign up for Feed Northland Kids food kits for summer
- Missouri students could be honored for community service
- Area schools potentially affected by Canvas cybersecurity attack
Outdoors

New MU Extension toolkit helps neighborhoods turn shared land into lasting community spaces
Community gardens are thriving across Missouri by pairing shared land with shared purpose, but long-term success requires more than good intentions.
- New MU Extension toolkit helps neighborhoods turn shared land into lasting community spaces
- MU Extension recommends treating clothing to repel ticks
- Join MDC May 16 for a virtual program on invasive plants
- Martha Lafite Thompson Nature Sanctuary celebrates 50th anniversary with story walk
- Virtual programs available in early May
News

Northland woman receives probation after last year’s arrest
CLAY COUNTY — Kimberly M. Barker, 28, has been sentenced to five years probation under the supervision of Missouri Probation and Parole after a traffic stop late last July resulted in her arrest.
- Northland woman receives probation after last year’s arrest
- Clay County Prosecutor’s Office, area law enforcement agencies unite to seek top 10 ‘most wanted’
- Missing man’s remains discovered in Smithville
- MoDOT continues roadway improvements in county
- 2 events allow community to meet legislators
Community Living

28 things to do in Clay County
The following is a list of things to do Thursday through Wednesday, May 28 through June 3 in the Courier-Tribune coverage area. To have your event included in an upcoming calendar, email us by noon Monday the week of the event at news@mycouriertribune.com. BLOOD DRIVE: Smithville Community Blood Drive by Smithville American Legion Post NO.…
- 28 things to do in Clay County
- Safe Journey Transportation offers non-emergency medical transport
- Historic Downtown Liberty Inc. receives 2026 Main Street America accreditation
- Kearney High graduate takes 1st in Go North KC high school T-shirt contest
- Free eye exams coming May 30
Multimedia

Gallery | District Highway 92 showdown
Kearney vs Smithville baseball in Class 5 District 8 Tournament Thursday, May 21 at Creekside Baseball Complex.
- Gallery | District Highway 92 showdown
- Gallery | Girls soccer district semifinals
- Gallery | Track and field district championships
- Gallery | Liberty baseball Senior Night
- Gallery | Ken Peek Invitational
Special Sections
Entertainment

Make Music Day Liberty seeks musicians, singers, venues
LIBERTY — In just a few weeks, Liberty will join hundreds of cities in the United States and throughout the world to mark the beginning of summer with Make Music Liberty, hosted by the Liberty Arts Commission.
- Make Music Day Liberty seeks musicians, singers, venues
- Art on the Side adds Mad Hatter Parade June 6
- Park University seniors exhibit work in Campanella Gallery show
- Northland students win 2026 Blue Star awards
- Gladstone Summertime Bluesfest Friday, Saturday
Opinion

Editor offers advice to graduates
Advice may not be worth much these days, but as graduation season winds down, I am going to offer a bit of it as well as advice from a few friends and leaders.
- Editor offers advice to graduates
- Leading breast radiologist offers top advice for graduates
- Find time to be still this spring
- Time to ask best friend for help with worst enemy
- Reader questions benefit of future data center in Liberty




